10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

At least that’s where I added this species to my New York list. Corey went for a walk at Jamaica Bay with his family on Saturday evening, after the rain had stopped in New York City and went out again, alone, on Sunday morning before the rain picked back up. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City Charlotte New York Jamaica 250

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Also, I somehow doubt that whether I am stuck at work or not really influences how everyone else experiences spring but this is my blog post so I can use whatever criteria I want to measure how well spring has gone. I moped all the way to Coney Island where I drove with my family on an outing to the New York Aquarium.

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New York City New York Walruses Birds 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Corey was pleased to enjoy another lovely autumn weekend in New York City. But his Best Bird of the Weekend was a dabbling duck he found on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, his first Eurasian Wigeon of the year! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2018 New York City New York Jamaica 114

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2018

Speaking of OSFL, Corey had quite a haul of species to choose from this weekend after leading two walks for New York City Audubon and doing a ton of birding on his own on Sunday. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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New York City 2018 Jamaica New York 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It was in the great borough of Queens in New York City that I first discovered both beer and birding, two great loves of my life that happily intersect with great regularity here at Birds and Booze. We were fans of the Dominican lager El Presidente (mostly on account of the cool name) and Guinness was always a favorite.

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Poland Detroit New York City Eagles 142

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. Not surprisingly, I found the most compelling essays were those by people who had had similar experiences to mine.

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New York New York City 2013 Collecting 108

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding. Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 171